If I told you I could tell at a glance what Wordpress version you were running was, would you be concerned?

You should be.

With the recent release of WordPress 2.6.5, and the imminent release of 2.7, there’s a lot of attention on security, and people hacking Wordpress sites to gain control of them. So more than ever, it pays to be watching out for any information you give out that could give hackers a leg up.

One such is the version number – every WordPress theme displays it, thanks …

I’m going to let you in on a secret – if you are editing and reediting posts on your blog, you’re keeping revision copies of EVERY change you make!

For example, I often save a psot, then edit it later, and save again. Sometimes, I’ll make a change or two just because of spelling, and then save it.

I like saving – a lot – but every time I press that ‘Save’ button, I get a new copy of my article (to see them, go to the bottom of the …

With this week’s release of WP 2.6.5, you might be wondering where 2.6.4 went.

It didn’t – in fact, there will NEVER be a WordPress 2.6.4 – because there already was one!

Confusing I know, but the catch is that another site tried to release a WP 2.6.4 with some malware in it – and the result was that the official WP release number was bumped up to avoid any confusion.

The fake 2.6.4 included some nasty code in the /wp-includes/pluggable.php file which tried to send cookie data to another …

A new version, unlike others – WP 2.6.5 hits the digital ’streets’ and it is worth an update.

It fixes some minor issues, but one major security one – a XSS (cross-site scripting exploit) issue. Because of that problem, it’s worth updating ASAP.

While the details are quite technical, it involves an unsanitized $_SERVER variable and the WordPress feeds output (Both Atom feeds and RSS 2.0). Just like unwashed hands spreading germs, uncleaned data from the server can have nasty surprises in them – and the feeds code doesn’t clean …

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